The Cuban baritone Ulises Aquino Guerra published an open letter addressed to the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, in which he presents one of the most powerful and well-documented criticisms that the artist has directed at the regime amidst the worst energy crisis in the history of the Island.
In a post on Facebook, Aquino dismantles the official narrative with figures and contradictions from the government itself.
Remember that the former Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil stated at one point during a Round Table discussion that Cuba produced 60% of the fuel needed for its power plants, and he poses a direct question: "Was it false? Did he lie to us?".
To that contradiction, another equally revealing one can be added: if the energy system had no guarantees, why did the regime build hotels worth 19 billion dollars that are connected to the same electrical grid as the people?
The lyrical singer then paints a detailed picture of Cuba's external debt to ask where the money went.
Russia forgave the equivalent of $30 billion; the Paris Club waived interest on $8.487 billion; Japan has pending amounts of $1.17 billion; Mexico, $340 million; Spain, $500 million.
Aquino estimates that Cuba owes around 41 billion dollars today and is in default, which generates approximately 1.5 billion dollars annually in interest alone—at a minimum rate of 5%—without paying a single cent of principal.
"All those debts are not signed by the people, but they are the ones who end up paying them," he writes.
But what worries him the most is not the magnitude of the debt, but its structural consequence: "If we don't invest in thermal power plants, we will never be able to pay it off. We will be condemned, as you said, to adapt to being miserable in the 21st century."
The letter demands the resignation of the minister and the entire government, and proposes a public consultation for citizens to decide with their vote whether they are willing to continue enduring the situation.
"The honest, the just, and the revolutionary thing is for them to have the honor of resigning," asserts Aquino.
The cultural promoter also criticizes the 176 economic measures approved by the National Assembly in June, describing them as "absolutely capitalist" and "impossible to implement" without the essential resource that supports everything: electricity.
"This is not just another sacrifice; this is the definitive extinguishing of the dreams of an entire nation, in order to sustain an economic system that has failed, and you know it," concludes the baritone in his letter to the minister.
The publication comes days after Minister De la O Levy responded to the fourth total blackout of 2026 with the phrase "nobody gives up here," without announcing any concrete measures to increase electricity generation.
Days later, a new total collapse of the national electrical system occurred on July 14, leaving more than nine million people without electricity.
This is not the first time that Aquino has directed a criticism of this magnitude at the regime.
On July 12, he wrote a letter to his deceased revolutionary parents, lamenting that their sacrifice had led to a historical failure.
In June, he responded to Díaz-Canel after the Extraordinary Plenary of the PCC with a question that sums up the accumulated indignation: “And if it depended on us, why didn't they change it? Did they have to take us to this ordeal to realize it?”
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